Robert Forster
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 13 July 1941 · Rochester, New York, USA
- Died
- 11 October 2019
Robert Forster (born Robert Wallace Foster Jr.; July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019) was an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in Medium Cool (1969) and as Max Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), the latter of which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Known for
Acting 152
- 2026I Know Catherine, the Log Lady as Sheriff Truman (archival footage)
- 2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2021Grave Intentions as Don Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
- 2020The Wolf of Snow Hollow as Sheriff Hadley Marshall
- 2019The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Self
- 2019QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Ed
- 2019Phil as Bing Fisk
- 2018What They Had as Burt
- 2018Bigger as Joe Weider (2008)
- 2018The Big Take as Detective Aborn
- 2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen as Self
- 2018Damsel as Old Preacher
- 2018Small Town Crime as Steve Yendel
- 2017The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair as Self
- 2017Behind the Red Curtain as Self
- 2017Bad Binoculars as Self
- 2017A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks as Self
- 2017Acts of Vengeance as Chuck
- 2017Small Crimes as Joe Denton Sr.
- 2017The Case for Christ as Walter Strobel
- 2016Bus Driver as General Sorbin
- 2016The American Side as Sterling Whitmore
- 2016Too Late as Gordy Lyons
- 2016The Confirmation as Otto
- 2016London Has Fallen as General Edward Clegg
- 2015Home as Man
- 2015The Program as Michael
- 2015The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster as 'James Burke' as Lt. Frank Murphy
- 2015Art of the Prank
- 2015Survivor as Bill Talbot
- 2015The Bridge Partner as Don Whalen
- 2014Automata as Robert Bold
- 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self - Actor
- 2014That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self
- 2013La última película de Jess Franco as Self
- 2013Coffee, Kill Boss as Walt Ford
- 2013Olympus Has Fallen as General Edward Clegg
- 2013Somewhere Slow as Chris McConville
- 2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
- 2012Grimm Fairy Tales Animated as Franlin/Death
- 2012Hotel Noir as Jim
- 2011The Descendants as Scott Thorson
- 2011Girl Walks Into a Bar as Dodge
- 2011American Grindhouse as Himself - Narrator
- 2010Kalamity as Tom Klepack
- 2010The Trial as Ray
- 2010The Bannen Way as Mr. B
- 2009Middle Men as Louie LA LA
- 2009Ghosts of Girlfriends Past as Sergeant Volkom
- 2009Thick as Thieves as Lt. Weber
- 2008Would Be Kings
- 2008Touching Home as Jim "Perk" Perkins
- 2008Jack and Jill vs. The World as Norman / Narrator (uncredited)
- 2008Expecting Love as George Patten
- 2008Breaking Bad as Ed · 1 episode
- 2007Grampa's Cabin as Grampa
- 2007Cleaner as Arlo Grange
- 2007Dragon Wars: D-War as Jack
- 2007Rise: Blood Hunter as Lloyd
- 200613 Graves as Tom Ferris
- 2006Lucky Number Slevin as Murphy
- 2006Firewall as Harry
- 2006Wild Seven as Wilson
- 2005The Hunt for the BTK Killer as Detective Jason Magida
- 2005The Spaghetti West as Narrator
- 2005Numb3rs as Agent Thomas Larson · 1 episode
- 2004Grand Theft Parsons as Stanley Parsons
- 2003Undefeated as Scott Green
- 2003Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Roger Wixon
- 2003Confidence as Morgan Price
- 2002Murder in Greenwich as Steve Carroll
- 2002Strange Hearts as Jack Waters
- 2002Jackie Brown: How It Went Down as Self
- 2002Like Mike as Coach Wagner
- 2002Lone Hero as Gus
- 2002Due East as Jesse Rapple
- 2001Human Nature as Nathan's Father
- 2001The Joe Spinell Story as Self
- 2001Finder's Fee as Campbell
- 2001Mulholland Drive as Detective McKnight
- 2001Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes as Ken "Pappa" Kimes
- 2000The Magic of Marciano as Henry
- 2000Diamond Men as Eddie Miller
- 2000Me, Myself & Irene as Colonel Partington
- 2000Lakeboat as Joe
- 2000Supernova as A.J. Marley
- 1999Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Sal Fortuna
- 1999All the Rage as Tyler
- 1999Family Tree as Henry Musser
- 1998Outside Ozona as Odell Parks
- 1998Psycho as Dr. Simon
- 1998Rear Window as Detective Moore
- 1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1997Jackie Brown as Max Cherry
- 1997Demolition University as Gentry
- 1997American Perfekt as Jake
- 1997Night Vision as Teak Taylor
- 1996Uncle Sam as Congressman Alvin Cummings
- 1996Original Gangstas as Detective Slatten
- 1996The Method as Christian's father
- 1996Hindsight as Michael Donahue
- 1995Guns & Lipstick as Captain Dimaggio
- 1995Scanner Cop II as Captain Jack Bitters
- 1994Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III as Bob Sibley
- 1993American Yakuza as Littman
- 1993Cover Story as Therapist
- 1993South Beach as Det. Ted Coleman
- 1993Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash as Sid (uncredited)
- 1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence as Dr. Powell
- 1992In the Shadow of a Killer as Charles Galbis
- 199129th Street as Sgt. Tartaglia
- 1991Diplomatic Immunity as Stonebridge
- 1991Committed as Dr. Desmond Moore
- 1991In Between as Vinnie
- 1990Checkered Flag as Jack Cotton
- 1990Peacemaker as Yates
- 1990The Banker as Dan
- 1989Satan's Princess as Lou Cherney
- 1989Esmeralda Bay as Madero
- 1989Crossbow: The Movie as Aymong
- 1989The Simpsons as Lucky Jim (voice) · 1 episode
- 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1988Counterforce as The Dictator
- 1987Once a Hero as Gumshoe
- 1986Hollywood Harry as Harold "Harry" Petry
- 1986The Delta Force as Abdul
- 1985Walking the Edge as Jason Walk
- 1983Vigilante as Eddie Marino
- 1981The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats as Coach Alan Arnoldi
- 1980Alligator as David
- 1979The Black Hole as Captain Dan Holland
- 1979The Lady in Red as Turk (uncredited)
- 1979The Darker Side of Terror as Prof. Paul Corwin / The Clone
- 1978Avalanche as Nick Thorne
- 1978Standing Tall as Luke Shasta
- 1977Stunts as Glen Wilson
- 1977The City as Lt. Matt Lewis
- 1976Royce as Royce
- 1974Nakia as Deputy Nakia Parker
- 1974The Death Squad as Eric Benoit
- 1973The Don Is Dead as Frank Regalbuto
- 1973Police Story · 5 episodes
- 1972Journey Through Rosebud as Frank
- 1971Banyon as Miles C. Banyon
- 1970Cover Me Babe as Tony Hill
- 1970Pieces of Dreams as Gregory Lind
- 1969Medium Cool as John
- 1969Justine as Narouz
- 1968The Stalking Moon as Nick Tana
- 1967Reflections in a Golden Eye as Pvt. L.G. Williams
Production 2
- 2000Diamond Men · executive producer
- 1986Hollywood Harry · producer
Directing 1
- 1986Hollywood Harry · director